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A response-surface approach to the combined effects of temperature and salinity on the larval development of Adula californiensis (Pelecypoda: Mytilidae). I. Survival and growth of three and fifteen-day old larvae

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Laboratory experiments of a factorial design were used to examine the combined effects of temperature and salinity on the survival and growth of early and late-stage larvae of Adula californiensis (Phillippi, 1847). Response-surface curves were generated to predict optimal conditions for survival and growth in order to better understand the successful recruitment of this species within the Yaquina Bay estuary (Oregon, USA). Three-day old cultured larvae were more sensitive to reduced salinity than were 15-day old larvae. However, the 15-day old larvae showed a narrower temperature tolerance than the 3-day old larvae. A. californiensis larvae survived over a wider range of temperatures near optimum salinities than at salinities near their lower tolerance limit, and conversely. Temperature and salinity ranges for maximum survival (10° to 15°C, 31 to 33‰) were narrower than the ranges which occur within the estuary where the adult populations exist. Larval size did not increase markedly during the 15-day rearing period, and was not greatly affected by temperature or salinity. No statistically significant temperature-salinity interaction was found for either survival or growth.

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    Present address: Marine Science Center, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA

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    R. G. Lough & J. J. Gonor

  2. Marine Science Center, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA

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Lough, R.G., Gonor, J.J. A response-surface approach to the combined effects of temperature and salinity on the larval development of Adula californiensis (Pelecypoda: Mytilidae). I. Survival and growth of three and fifteen-day old larvae. Mar. Biol. 22, 241–250 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00389178

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